Lee Thompson Young

Next week, “Rizzoli & Isles” will lay to rest the character played by the late Lee Thompson Young. The 29-year-old actor was found dead in his North Hollywood home last August of an apparent suicide. He played police Detective Barry Frost on the TNT crime drama. In the first episode of the new season, which […]

Lee Thompson Young, who committed suicide on Aug. 19, was suffering from bipolar disorder, New York Daily News reports. The 29-year-old “Rizzoli & Isles” star, who also suffered from depression, was taking medication for bipolar disorder when he shot himself, according to the coroner’s report. Lithium capsules and Quetiapine Fumarate tablets were found inside his […]

The funeral for Lee Thompson Young, who starred on “Rizzoli & Isles” will held this afternoon on the Paramount Pictures lot where the TNT program is filmed. The actor, 29, also known for playing the title character on Disney Channel’s “The Famous Jett Jackson,” was found dead Monday in his North Hollywood home. His death […]

With the tragic death of actor Lee Thompson Young, Jeff Johnson gives some shocking facts about suicide in the Black community in today’s 3 Things You Should…

Producers of TNT’s “Rizzoli & Isles” have paid tribute to actor Lee Thompson Young by dedicating an episode in his honor. The body of the former Disney star was discovered by police at his Los Angeles apartment on Monday and his manager has stated the former Disney star apparently committed suicide. Young played Boston police […]

  As we previously reported, Hollywood is in shock right now as word is traveling around that the actor best known for his show on…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lee Thompson Young, who began his acting career as the teenage star of TV’s “The Famous Jett Jackson” and was featured in the film “Friday Night Lights” and the series “Rizzoli & Isles,” was found dead Monday, police said. He was 29. There was no official cause of death, but Young’s […]